Generals
He was President Lincoln’s first choice to lead the Union army.
Robert E Lee
This battle had the most casualties for North and South.
Battle of Gettysburg
She was probably the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
A person who wants to end slavery.
Abolitionist
To formally withdraw from an alliance or union.
Secede
He accepted the surrender of Robert E Lee at Appomatox Court house on April 9, 1865.
General Ulysses S. Grant
This "battle" started the Civil War
Firing on Fort Sumpter
He was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman who became one of the most prominent figures in African American history.
Fredrick Douglass
A ship covered with iron armor.
Ironclad
Theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs.
States rights
He led the ill fated Confederate charge on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
General George Pickett
General Grant would capture this city the day after the Battle of Gettysburg ended (July 4, 1863)
Vicksburg
He led his 20th Maine troups in a bayonet charge defending Little Round Top in the second day of Gettysburg.
Colonel Joshua Chamberlain
A storage facility for weapons and ammunition.
Arsenal
A state between the North and South that was divided over whether to remain in the Union or join the Confederacy.
Border state
He was appointed to command the Army of the Potomac just three days before the Battle of Gettysburg
General George Meade
People from Washington D.C. came out to picnic and watch this first major battle of the American Civil War.
The First Battle of Bull Run, or the Battle of First Manassas.
He started the newspaper “The Liberator” to advocate for abolition.
William Lloyd Garrison
A secret, informal network of safe houses, routes, and people,both black and white,that helped enslaved individuals escape from the American South to free states and Canada between the late 18th century and 1865.
The Underground Railroad
Canons and other large-caliber guns.
Artillary
This Union general was killed in the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg
General John Reynolds
This battle was the deadliest single day of fighting in the Civil War.
Battle of Antetiam
Isabella Baumfree, a former slave who became a powerful abolitionist voice, would change her name to this.
Sojourner Truth
To set free.
Emancipate
What were the nicknames for the two fighting forces?
Billy Yank and Johnny Reb